Odds and ends from today's Globe

Maybe there's a reason Gerald Green fell to the Celtics at #18. From today's Basketball Notes column:

The Celtics sent rookie Gerald Green back to the development league Thursday, this time to the Florida Flame. A few days before the demotion, as Green worked out after practice, executive director of basketball operations Danny Ainge yelled for the rookie to elevate on his jump shot. Ainge noted how much progress Green made with his jumper in Fayetteville, N.C., and how he reverted to bad habits with the Celtics. Ainge threatened to send Green back to the D-League if he didn't elevate each time he launched a jumper, even though the rookie complained that he missed when he did elevate. Guess we know what Green will be working on with the Flame.

Not a good sign when you're threatening your #1 pick with demotion to the NDBL. On the other hand, he's just 19, right? And that's what the D-League is for -- to send kids who need to learn how to play somewhere where they can work towards making in the NBA. Still, I think we're beginning to see why he slipped so far on draft night.